Crime & Safety
Video Shows Shooter Firing At Victim's Back; Police Seek Help
A shooter who fired five bullets into his victim's back can be seen raising his gun in security footage released by police on Monday.
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a shooter who was caught on camera raising a gun and blasting five bullets into his victim’s back.
The 32-year-old victim was shot near Hancock Street and Broadway around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3, police said.
The suspect —described as a young man in his late teens, dressed in black — ran in an unknown direction and had not been arrested as of Monday morning, police said.
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Surveillance footage captured the suspect walking down the street and drawing his gun moments before he began to shoot, police said.
Even though the suspect fired several rounds, his victim survived his injuries, police said.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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